The Book of Ivy

Backstory

I’m often asked where I came up with the idea for IVY, and I wish I had a more exciting answer. The truth is, I’m not sure where the idea came from. I just had the germ of an idea about a girl forced to marry a boy she’s been coached to kill and the rest of the novel sprouted from that premise. I am not a writer who outlines, so I knew how the novel would begin and how it would end, but the middle was a complete mystery to me and only revealed itself as I wrote.